New year. Happier me.
新的一年，讓自己更快樂。
I’ve never been a huge fan of the resolution list craze and I don’t believe in holding off on pursuing goals that can be accomplished before the first of the year. That may be the overachiever in me talking. I’m all about personal development, but getting in better shape, eating healthier and spending more time with family can all start now depending on how bad you really want it right?
我從不是個決議清單的狂熱愛好者，而且我也不相信拖延目標就能在年初之前完成。這可能是我心里那個完美的自己才說的話。我只顧追求自我發展，但是讓身材變得更好，吃更健康的食物和多陪伴家人這些事情，其實都可以從現在就開始了，這完全取決于你有多想去做。
So for the purpose of this list, I’ll focus on what it all comes down to anyway -- being happy. Starting new routines, kicking old habits and living the way we really want is largely based on our desire to genuinely be the happiest person we know. Who doesn’t want to be that person?!
所以這單子列出來的目的呢，我會專注于歸根究底就是要——快樂。開始新計劃，改掉舊習慣，過我們想過的生活，這些大部分取決于我們有多想真正成為我們所知的最快樂的人。誰不想變成那樣的人呢?!
Before we raise our champagne flutes and toast to the beginning of the New Year, here are 15 ways we can be happier when it’s time to greet 2015.
在我們舉起香檳酒，共慶新年伊始之前，給出以下15個能讓我們在迎接2015年之際變得更快樂的方法。
1.Slow down and enjoy the little moments.
放慢腳步，享受短暫時光。
Stop being too busy to taste the flavors in your food, to hear yourself think, to watch the sunset or to listen to the words of your favorite song.
不要因為太忙了連品味食物，聆聽自己內心，看日落，聽自己最愛歌曲的時間都沒有了。
2.Say no to time-wasters and space-fillers.
不要浪費時間，也不要為了填補寂寞而隨意交友。
Your days are valuable and should only involve valuable things and people. You can’t be everywhere at once and you can’t be everything to everybody. Choose what and who is deserving of your time and let the rest fall by the wayside.
你的每一天都很寶貴，應該留給有價值的人和事。你不能一下子去所有地方，也不能成為每個人所依賴的全部。選擇值得做的事，值得愛的人，其他的就順其自然吧。
3.Be more honest and open with yourself.
更真誠開放的對待自己。
What do you really want to do with your life? Is the current path you’re on something you’re passionate about or are you doing it because society’s roadmap told you so? Stop getting in more debt attending a grad school program that does not align with your passion.
你究竟想要怎樣對待你的人生呢?你現在所走的路是你為之熱情奮斗的嗎?或者只是循規蹈矩的。不要為了一個自己沒有熱情的學科項目而負債累累了 。
4.Take more risks.
多冒點險。
Seriously. Get out there and get messy. Make mistakes and fail a few times. Fail again after that. Let the challenges help build your character because the success that follows will be worth it.
我是說真的。出去闖蕩一番。犯點錯誤，讓自己失敗幾次。然后再失敗。讓挑戰磨練自己的品格，因為隨之而來的成功是值得的。
5.Assess your circle of friends.
評估你的朋友圈。
Are you constantly giving and listening to other’s drama and not receiving anything in return? Do the people you lean on really support and uplift you? Do you genuinely feel like they have your best interest at heart? Remember, the five people you spend time with the most are a telling sign of who you are.
你是不是一直都在分享和聆聽別人八卦的事，卻沒有什么回報?你所依靠的人真的支持你嗎?你真得覺得他們把你放在第一位嗎?記住，花最多時間和你在一起的五個人代表了你是怎樣的人。
6.Realize the past can’t be changed.
要知道過去無法改變。
Like ever. Stop reliving what could have been or obsessing over how the situation may have played out differently if you would have gotten one more word in or reacted better. It didn’t work out for a reason. Take the lesson from it and find comfort in knowing that what’s meant for you will come in due time.
永遠都不能。不要糾結于自己如果做得更好，會怎么樣，已經發生的事無法改變。做不好是有原因的。吸取教訓，要明白對你來說重要的事會在適當的時候來臨。
7.Find the time to help someone in need.
留點時間幫助有困難的人。
Lend a listening ear or a firm shoulder to lean on. You never know when the person doing the needing will end up being you.
學會傾聽或是給別人一個堅實的肩膀來依靠。你不會想到什么時候自己也會成為那個需要幫助的人。
